Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1945978AbbDXUbz (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:31:55 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:49829 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031005AbbDXUbx (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:31:53 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:31:51 -0700 From: Mark Fasheh To: Richard Weinberger Cc: Andrew Morton , Joe Perches , ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com, LKML Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH next] ocfs2: Reduce object size of mlog uses Message-ID: <20150424203150.GS17170@wotan.suse.de> Reply-To: Mark Fasheh References: <1429255070.2850.84.camel@perches.com> <20150422154604.3cb62467b66b1e313a30132c@linux-foundation.org> <20150423230418.GR17170@wotan.suse.de> <20150423161923.be61ea8cd9e64a9e30a23eca@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: SUSE Labs User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1431 Lines: 31 On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 01:37:34AM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:19 AM, Andrew Morton > wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:04:18 -0700 Mark Fasheh wrote: > > > >> > This code needs some pretty serious rework and rethink, perhaps > >> > involving a change to the emitted info. I was hoping one of the ocfs2 > >> > developers would take the bait, but they're all in hiding. > >> > >> If it functions the same and doesn't have a major performance change, I'm > >> pretty sure it'll be fine. We sometimes ask customers to enable some of the > >> debugging if they are having an issue. I would ask that it be tested > >> on a live system - a local fs, no cluster or cluster config required. > > > > Is there a simpleton's guide to testing ocfs2 on a local disk? One > > which assumes a starting point of "knows how to type". > > See http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/E41138/html/ol_crlcl_ocfs2.html As Richard points out, it's pretty straightforward, just use the '-M local' switch to mkfs.ocfs2. From there mount.ocfs2 will do the right thing when you ask it to load the file system. --Mark -- Mark Fasheh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/